2001 Los Angeles mayoral election

2001 Los Angeles mayoral election

← 1997 April 10, 2001 (2001-04-10) (primary)
June 5, 2001 (2001-06-05) (runoff)
2005 →
Turnout37.67%
 
Candidate James Hahn Antonio Villaraigosa Steve Soboroff
First round 125,139
25.05%
152,031
30.43%
106,189
21.25%
Runoff 304,791
53.53%
264,611
46.47%
Eliminated

 
Candidate Joel Wachs Xavier Becerra
First round 55,016
11.01%
29,851
5.97%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Mayor before election

Richard Riordan

Elected Mayor

James Hahn

The 2001 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 10, 2001, with a run-off election on June 5, 2001. Incumbent mayor Richard Riordan was prevented from running for a third term because of term limits. In the election to replace him, then-City Attorney James Hahn defeated Antonio Villaraigosa, the former speaker of the California State Assembly.

Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[1]

  1. ^ "LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT" (PDF). League of Women Voters.